My Lord Who Is Being Prudent! [EN]: Chapter 41

§ 41 – A Thousand Years of Waiting (2)

“Are you crazy?!”

Aria shouted.

Sian didn’t respond this time.

Thump.

Just thump.

He simply stepped forward in front of Aria.

Sian turned his gaze to the vengeful spirit.

The vengeful spirit seemed quite confused.

Its deep gray eyes, fixed on Sian, trembled.

And within them, there was still intense anger and terrible hatred.

However, Sian could sense another emotion hidden within.

Kyle was a being from a thousand years ago.

A being who had died and disappeared.

Sian slowly opened his mouth.

“Don’t you know very well that Kyle will never come, no matter how long you wait?”

The mind went dizzy from the long, echoing roar, like a sound from hell.

Fear and terror dug in as darkness exploded.

Reason was paralyzed, and thoughts were erased.

“This won’t do. I don’t know what you’re thinking…”

Aria gathered divine power in response.

But Sian stopped Aria once again.

“You…!”

Aria looked at Sian with an incomprehensible expression.

Sian still had no answer.

Thump.

He simply took a step into the exploding darkness.

To be honest.

Sian’s thoughts weren’t much different from Aria’s.

The vengeful spirit before his eyes.

It was truly surprising that the man she longed for was Kyle.

But that was it.

The vengeful spirit had been consumed by madness, filled with resentment for a long time.

That was a living, yet not living, evil spirit.

A being that deserved to disappear.

Above all, Sian came to this hall to find Kyle’s legacy.

And according to the quest’s details.

He had to defeat that vengeful spirit to find that legacy.

Therefore, defeating that vengeful spirit was something he absolutely had to do.

Perhaps.

If he hadn’t realized this truth now.

Sian would have certainly done so.

But the moment he learned the truth.

Sian couldn’t bring himself to do it.

Thinking about it, it was too strange.

The story told by Crown Prince Conrad.

It was one story related to this hall.

The story of an outstanding man whom even the Emperor coveted.

And the story of a woman who had to part with such a man.

The man died longing for the woman.

The woman also died longing for the man.

However, the woman couldn’t forget the man.

And her soul slept in this Hall of Arnaise.

To wait for him who would never return.

At the time, Sian was wondering why the woman was sleeping in the Hall of Arnaise while waiting for the man.

But if that man was Kyle, it made sense.

However.

How she could sleep in the Hall of Arnaise was still a mystery.

That was because this place, the Hall of Arnaise, had a powerful barrier.

In the story, it was known as a barrier created by that vengeful spirit.

But the truth was.

A barrier created by Kyle asking other Arnaises.

In other words, a barrier created by Elodie.

Elodie was a great mage of the 10th Circle.

The realm of Exceed, reached by only six people in the history of the continent.

It was a barrier created by such an Elodie.

No matter how much the vengeful spirit was a being that even Aria couldn’t handle.

It wasn’t enough to surpass Elodie.

To be precise, it wasn’t enough to break through the barrier created by Elodie.

Therefore, the vengeful spirit shouldn’t have been able to enter this hall in the first place, let alone sleep in it.

But how could the vengeful spirit sleep in this hall?

And one more thing.

The woman in the story became a vengeful spirit due to her resentment towards the Imperial Family.

Resentment for separating herself and the man.

That is, Kyle.

If so.

Crown Prince Conrad couldn’t have been alive.

That was because when the Crown Prince entered this hall.

He would have been torn to pieces by that vengeful spirit long ago.

Look now.

The vengeful spirit tried to kill Sian as soon as it saw him.

If the vengeful spirit was filled with resentment towards the Imperial Family.

It wouldn’t be able to forgive the descendants of that Imperial Family.

The vengeful spirit that even Aria couldn’t handle.

In the first place, not only Conrad but also the current Emperor, the entire Valua family, including the previous emperors, should have all died in the hall.

But the vengeful spirit didn’t do that.

Rather, it never showed itself even once.

Because it couldn’t show itself?

Considering that, it appeared to Sian without hesitation now.

Why?

These two questions.

The questions that started here.

Eventually led Sian to reach the truth.

“You.”

The premise was wrong.

It was a wrong thought from the beginning.

That vengeful spirit.

“Isn’t the woman Kyle loved.”

It is not the woman Kyle loved.

“What, what are you saying…?”

Aria shouted in a bewildered voice.

And the vengeful spirit.

-….

The vengeful spirit was silent.

As if Sian’s words were true.

“What on earth is this…!”

Aria seemed greatly surprised by the vengeful spirit’s reaction.

And naturally, a question arose.

“Wait a minute…! Then who is that vengeful spirit?”

Who is that vengeful spirit?

This could also be found in the story.

There are a total of 4 characters in the story Conrad told.

The outstanding man.

The Emperor who coveted such a man.

The woman who longed for such a man.

And one forgotten existence.

The existence that no one even cared about.

Abandoned.

“The Emperor’s younger sibling.”

The Emperor’s younger sibling who was forced to marry the man.

And if the man is Kyle.

The Emperor is naturally Charlotte.

Therefore, that vengeful spirit is not the woman Kyle loved.

“You. You’re Charlotte’s younger sibling.”

She was Charlotte’s younger sibling who was forced to marry Kyle.

“N, n, no way…!”

Aria shouted with a horrified expression.

-So… So what’s wrong with that….

And the vengeful spirit’s reaction followed.

Only then could Sian understand all the truth.

Conrad told the story about the hall and said that the content seemed to have been distorted.

And that was half right and half wrong.

In the first place, the one who spread that story was that vengeful spirit.

That is, Charlotte’s younger sibling.

He didn’t know if she was forced to marry Kyle.

Because the story Conrad told was ultimately a story she created.

But this one thing seemed certain.

She seemed to have truly loved Kyle.

But Kyle eventually left her.

And she couldn’t forget such Kyle.

So she decides to wait for him until the end.

She asked Charlotte to let her sleep in this hall.

Perhaps Charlotte couldn’t refuse her younger sibling’s request.

That was why she was able to break through Elodie’s barrier and sleep in this hall.

And she creates a story and spreads it to the world.

A story quite different from the truth.

The fact that Kyle died longing for the woman was also thought to be fabricated.

The purpose was simple.

If it was known that the woman Kyle loved was sleeping here.

Someday.

That someday.

Would Kyle come to this place?

In such anticipation, she fell asleep in this hall.

And so.

A thousand years passed.

-Kyle was engaged to me… But he suddenly left. I… I was just trying to wait for him… What’s wrong with that… So… So what’s wrong with that!

She says.

-And what do you… what do you know… What do you know about my feelings while waiting here!!!

He doesn’t know.

He can’t even know.

He can’t even dare to try to understand.

Unlike other races such as dwarves and elves.

The lifespan of humans is less than 100 years.

But even so, a thousand years.

It’s too far, too far away.

How can he dare to understand the pain of that distant time?

Therefore, Sian couldn’t know.

But.

He knew this one thing.

“Kyle didn’t leave you because of the woman he loved. No, it would be right to say that Kyle didn’t have a woman he loved in the first place.”

If there was one, maybe it was you in front of him now.

-What…?

She shouts.

-Don’t talk nonsense… What do you know! Are you… are you mocking me!!

Endless thoughts explode.

The looming darkness urges Sian to die.

The mind flickers, and consciousness fades away.

But Sian gritted his teeth and barely endured it.

Kyle didn’t have a woman he loved.

He didn’t know why he had such a misunderstanding.

Kyle may have done something that could be misunderstood.

Sian couldn’t know the circumstances of a thousand years ago.

But he could be sure of this.

Kyle didn’t leave because of another woman he loved.

That’s because Mobile Lord clearly said this.

《Arnaise Kyle faces a certain truth.》

《And he sensed his fate that he had no choice but to leave.》

Kyle left not because of a woman.

It’s because of some kind of truth.

He doesn’t know what it is.

At least not because of a woman who doesn’t even exist.

“Kyle didn’t leave you…!”

-What do you know to be spouting such nonsense!!

Madness deepens, and eerie death rushes in.

“Hey!!”

Aria was greatly surprised and raised her divine power.

He’s going to die.

The truth Sian revealed was shocking.

But that’s it.

That ghost, that vengeful spirit, is already too late.

A being already consumed by madness and gone insane.

It’s a pity, but it’s a being that deserves to disappear.

So he has to get rid of it.

Aria gathered as much divine power as possible.

And.

Suddenly.

Aria’s body froze.

The vision she looked at, frozen.

There, Sian was holding his sword still.

He shouldn’t be able to come to his senses in the hideous darkness.

Sian was silently and calmly holding his sword.

“I cannot prove to you that what I say is true.”

Sian muttered quietly.

Sian had nothing to prove to her.

He couldn’t prove the Mobile Lord.

And even if.

There was something else to prove that fact.

It would have already been buried and disappeared in the distant past.

Therefore, Sian could not prove those words in any way.

Even so….

Sian slowly swung his sword.

And in his head, he retraced the memories of the past.

None other than the day Sian first met Kyle.

The Demon Soul Asura Sword that Kyle first showed Sian.

-…!!!!

Her movement stopped abruptly.

The darkness that had been cast at once disappears.

A shock as if time had stopped swept through.

Sian continued to swing his sword.

Slowly, but not slowly.

Ssaeak.

Sian couldn’t use the power of Aura.

There was inherent magic, but he couldn’t handle it yet.

Therefore, the swinging sword could not contain any momentum.

And is that all?

His talent was so poor that he couldn’t even properly unfold the swordplay he was just imitating.

In the first place, how could he properly unfold the swordplay of that distant realm?

What Sian learned was cutting (斬) and stabbing (衝).

These were the only two movements.

Therefore, his posture was clumsy.

He even almost tripped over his feet.

The amazing power Kyle showed.

The mysteries contained within.

A miserable Demon Soul Asura Sword that didn’t contain any of it.

But.

-Ah….

She didn’t not know what it was.

She couldn’t not know.

Over the past thousand years.

Memories become memories, and even those memories fade away.

Not even once. Not even for a moment.

Because she had never forgotten.

How….

How could she forget?

In her eyes now, she saw a man.

A man she had been waiting for a long time.

Sian’s sword flows.

An clumsy and awkward sword.

“…”

Aria was speechless.

A dazed mind.

Sian’s sword continues to flow.

“This is… this is…”

Aria muttered quietly.

“This is a Requiem…”

Requiem (慰靈祭 – a noble rite to comfort the soul).

A noble rite to comfort the soul.

Requiem (慰靈) was not something anyone could do.

Comforting a wounded and hurt soul is more sacred than anything else.

That nobility could not be easily contained.

Therefore, even within the Holy Empire, only some qualified people.

Only cardinals or higher could perform the rite.

And now.

The Requiem (慰靈祭) performed by Sian.

This was more noble than any Requiem performed in the Holy Empire.

Even more than the Requiem performed by herself, the Saintess (聖女).

Aria’s gaze turned to the vengeful spirit.

-Ah….

She was sobbing.

The hatred and anger that had been filled with evil until just now were not visible.

She quietly. Very quietly.

As if something terrible would happen if she cried out loud.

-Kyle….

She was sobbing.

The darkness that was completely fading away.

It was madness that could not be dealt with even with divine power.

Now, madness was no longer felt from her.

Sian’s sword stops.

A gaze looking.

And.

Ding!

『[Story Quest] – ‘Arnaise’s Legacy’ (Cleared!)』

《You have found the legacy left by Kyle!》

《You finally face the fate that has gone back a thousand years!》

《And you found the ghost guarding the hall and finally defeated it!》

[Reward: Kyle’s Legacy]

And.

《But….》

《You didn’t end the story here.》

Suddenly, a new notification window popped up on Mobile Lord.

Soon the screen changed.

And again.

Ding!

『[Story Hidden Quest] – ‘A Thousand Years of Waiting’ (Cleared!)]』

A notification window popped up saying that the hidden quest had been achieved.

《Hidden story.》

《Therefore, a forgotten story.》

《But you were different.》

《A story that others didn’t even care about.》

《A story that was ridiculed as a false story.》

《Only you did not turn away.》

《You revealed the truth.》

《You pitied her.》

《And finally, you took her hand.》

《Your noble actions shown in the Hall of Arnaise.》

《It has led to the choice of the Arnaises.》

Ding!

《Achieved the legendary achievement ‘The One Who Inherits the Will of Arnaise’!》

《Hidden special items are opened with the achievement of the legendary grade!》

《Additional rewards are given for achieving the hidden quest!》

Then a new notification window popped up on the screen.

[Additional Reward: Charlotte’s Legacy]

[Additional Reward: Leia]